Baseball briefs

GWYNN INJURED: San Diego Padres batting star Tony Gwynn took himself out of Friday night's game against Philadelphia with a twisted right knee.

Gwynn appeared to stumble coming out of the batter's box in the fifth inning, and immediately took himself out after reaching on a fielding error by Phillies shortstop Desi Relaford.Gwynn was leading the NL with a .377 average coming in but went 0-for-3 to see his average dip to .369.